The Legacy of Brown v. The Board of Education

2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the United State Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. In Brown, a unanimous Supreme Court held that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that it had adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, an 1896 case that addressed whether states could legally require railroad companies to provide equal but separate accommodations for passengers of different races. 

Brown v. Board of Education is widely accepted as one of the most momentous Supreme Court decisions, but views differ regarding what impact it has had on the law and our society. In addressing this topic,  discuss what impact you think Brown has had and why. 

The following aresome examples of questions that you could consider in thinking about these issues: 
 -Did Brown influence changes in the law, or in society, beyond the decision in that case, or were any changes that happened after Brown inevitable?

-Did Brown affect the way that Americans view the Supreme Court, or affect how Supreme Court conducts itself?

-Should the Supreme Court consider how its decision on a particular subject impacts society, or how the decision is viewed by the public?  

Length and Format: Your thoughts and ideas should be in an MLA format essay of between
500 and 1,000 words. Works Cited and parenthetical citation required.